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  • Sunday Events Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 6:01PMElmo and friends are here! See your favourite Sesame Street characters live today at Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil at 11am, 4.30pm and 8.30pm. When Elmo and his Sesame Street Live friends think about growing up, it’s a musical show-and-tell!
  • KingsIsle Entertainment Celebrates Two Incredible Years of Wizard101 Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:35AMSince its launch in September 2008, KingsIsle Entertainment's flagship game Wizard101 has become one of the most popular online destinations for family entertainment. Over the last two years Wizard101 has received critical acclaim as one of the best massively-multiplayer games on the market.
  • The Academy Is... Member Succeeds With Honors Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:26AMPerforming to a stadium-size crowd can be intimidating for even the most experienced bands. When you’re opening for one of the biggest acts in rock history, however, it can be downright surreal.
  • KingsIsle Entertainment and Gameforge Partner to Bring Wizard101 to Europe Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 8:15AMKingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. today announced a licensing agreement with German online games publisher Gameforge to bring its award-winning massively multiplayer game Wizard101 to Europe.
  • Works by Rackstraw Downes on View this Winter at the Portland Museum of Art Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 9:03PMRackstraw Downes (United States, born Great Britain, 1939), Farm Buildings Near the Rio Grande: South Side of the Barn, A.M., 2008, oil on canvas, 24 x 90. Courtesy the Artist and Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York.
  • National Portrait Gallery Announces Exhibition of Photographs by Dmitri Kasterine Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 9:04PMSamuel Beckett, 1965 by Dmitri Kasterine. © Dmitri Kasterine / National Portrait Gallery, London. LONDON.- Photographs by Dmitri Kasterine will be on display for the first time in the United Kingdom at the National Portrait Gallery . Since the early 1960s Kasterine has photographed some of the most eminent cultural figures of the twentieth century.
  • PREVIEW CALENDAR Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:47AMEAST BAY East Bay SPCA — "Fanciful Bunny," 11 a.m. Aug. 7 adoptions, 4-5 p.m. art reception. Buy a work of art and adopt a bunny. 4651 Gleason Drive, Dublin.
  • Lease Up/Lease Down (July 11-17): Daily News Relocates, J&J Cuts Jobs Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 4:27PMCoStar compiles news of company expansions and relocations, as well as consolidations, closures and layoffs. Look for Lease Up and Lease Down every week, to stay updated on major corporate moves affecting commercial real estate. In this week's issue...
  • Lease Up/Lease Down (July 18-24): Daily News Relocates, J&J Cuts Jobs Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 4:27PMCoStar compiles news of company expansions and relocations, as well as consolidations, closures and layoffs. Look for Lease Up and Lease Down every week, to stay updated on major corporate moves affecting commercial real estate. In this week's issue...
  • Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre honors playwright Harold Pinter with festival Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 11:01PMBetween Thursday and Aug. 22, theatergoers can see two rarely done, full-length plays and a quartet of his less well known, one-act dramas all in full productions at the theaters in the Stephen Foster Memorial in Oakland.
  • Red Sox Prospects Ryan Kalish, Lars Anderson Swinging Hot Bats Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 12:28PMWith injuries still a major issue for the Red Sox, it’s always important to keep an eye on the boys on the farm. This week’s edition of the Top 10 prospects features a trio of PawSox hitters who are swinging hot bats, as well as another strong surge by the organization’s most recent top pick. 1 Last week: No. 1 Casey Kelly, RHP In two starts since we last touched on Kelly, the young righty went ...
  • In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - July 2010, Pt.1 Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 2:36PM[Magazine veteran Kevin 'Magweasel' Gifford analyzes the last couple weeks of game publications, finding a fascinating example of how two magazines -- Edge and GamePro -- can do completely different things with nearly identical covers and image assets.] This week offers an interesting study in game-mag cover design, since we saw GamePro and Edge use not only the same cover subject for their ...
  • Bill Gates has reshaped the world of giving, but is it for the best? Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 11:35AMThe headquarters of probably the most powerful charity in the world, and one of the most quietly influential international organizations of any sort, currently stand between a derelict restaurant and a row of elderly car repair businesses.
  • 'The Most Dangerous Philosopher In The West' - Welcome To The Slavoj Zizek Show Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 3:59PMIn the midst of a crisis of capitalism, the Western underground is rediscovering communism. Its star is the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, who mixes Marxism with pop culture and psychoanalysis. His appearances offer stand-up comedy for a radical leftist avant-garde.
  • Josh Beckett Pitches Two Simulated Innings Against Brockton Rox Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 1:52PMJosh Beckett took the hill on Thursday against an unfamiliar foe. The team's right-handed ace, in his recovery from a back/lat injury, threw 41 pitches over two simulated innings against players from the independent league Brockton Rox, according to the Boston Globe. Clay Buchholz took the hill as well on Thursday. It was the first time he threw off the mound since injuring his left hamstring ...
  • Ghoulish Acquisition No Mystery to University Libraries Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 10:11AMA large and important collection of works by idiosyncratic illustrator, designer and writer Edward Gorey has been donated to Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library by Andrew Alpern (ARCH'64). Numbering more than 700 items, the collection includes nearly every edition of every work published by Gorey, in addition to illustrations for dust jackets and magazines, original drawings, etchings ...
  • Daisuke Matsuzaka Returns For Red Sox' Series Finale With Rockies Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 6:51AMAs amazing as the Red Sox' recent homestand was, the start of their six-game road trip has been just as painful. They will look to salvage the finale of a series with the Colorado Rockies when Daisuke Matsuzaka returns to the mound Thursday night. A 2-1 loss in the opener, which featured a late Colorado run that came in on a bad-hop grounder, was followed up by a blown save by Jonathan Papelbon ...
  • Ten Million Wizards Join Forces to Save the Spiral in Wizard101 Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 7:03AMKingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. today announced that since its launch in September 2008, more than 10 million Wizards have registered to play Wizard101. Today, the Wizard101 player base continues to grow at an accelerating rate and KingsIsle expects rapid growth to continue for the foreseeable future.
  • Scott Atchison to Start for Injured Daisuke Matsuzaka Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 7:44AMDaisuke Matsuzaka nearly made history the last time he faced the Philadelphia Phillies, carrying a no-hitter two outs into the eighth inning. While a duplicate performance might be too much to ask, Matsuzaka will have a chance for an encore when he leads the Red Sox into the second of three straight against the Phils at Fenway Park. The right-hander's no-hit bid was broken up when Juan Castro's ...
  • Nation Review and Mungo Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 9:27PMIn reply to Mungo MacCallum: Serial Killer : Nation Review and Mungo MacCallum, of fond memories. Masthead - NR , ‘lean and hungry like a ferret’. Billy McMahon’s televised campaign address in 1972 - he read from prepared text at a desk, face down, bald head prominent to camera, the baldness relieved by a single long hair. Mungo commented that he hadn’t known Billy had a hair. About this time ...
  • Mungo M & David S, Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 9:27PMIn reply to Mungo MacCallum: Serial Killer : Mungo M & David S, Gentlemen, I thought ‘Hyacinth’ was Janettte H. Mind you, Hyacinth had a nicer husband.
  • I’m pleased to see Mungo Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 9:27PMIn reply to Mungo MacCallum: Serial Killer : I’m pleased to see Mungo has confessed. I used to think these papers had sunk just because I had subscribed.
  • Thanks to Mungo, I will Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 9:25PMIn reply to Mungo MacCallum: Serial Killer : Thanks to Mungo, I will always compare Janette Howard with Hyacinth Bucket.
  • Ryan Kalish Stays Hot, Earns Promotion to Triple-A Pawtucket Saturday, June 5, 2010 @ 5:03PMAnother week, another promotion for one of our top 10 prospects. Ryan Kalish tore apart Double-A pitching in his last week with Portland before elevating to Pawtucket. Here is a look at the week that was among the organization’s elites. 1 Last week: No. 1 Casey Kelly, RHP Control issues dogged the 20-year-old Kelly for a series of starts. In his latest outing, he may have been a bit too fine ...
  • Red Sox Look to Clay Buchholz to Get Off on Right Foot in Baltimore Friday, June 4, 2010 @ 7:32AMThe last time the Red Sox entered Camden Yards, they were feeling pretty good about themselves. Not only had they dominated the Orioles for years in what some call "Fenway South," but the club had won seven of nine entering the series. Three days later, Boston left town having suffered its first sweep in Baltimore in nearly 36 years. The Sox return to the scene of the crime on Friday for three ...
  • KingsIsle Entertainment Launches Advanced Pets System for Wizard101 Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 10:19AMPLANO, Texas, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. today launched the highly anticipated Advanced Pets system for its flagship game, Wizard101.
  • KingsIsle Entertainment Launches Advanced Pets System for Wizard101 Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 8:38AMread more
  • KingsIsle Entertainment Launches Advanced Pets System for Wizard101 Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 8:25AMKingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. today launched the highly anticipated Advanced Pets system for its flagship game, Wizard101. With this announcement, Wizards across the Spiral gain immediate access to a magical pet Hatching system, a variety of new pet training games and an exhilarating multiplayer Pet Derby in which pets race head-to-head against fierce competitors.
  • Can Warren Hellman Save Journalism? Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 3:03PMIt’s an unusual experience to go to a meeting and afterwards read not one but two reasonably accurate reports about what happened there.But since the one I went to on Friday was the latest installment in the ongoing saga of The Future of Journalism, it’s not surprising that at least two accounts were online before two sunsets had passed.
  • Residents are the tale of two towns Friday, May 14, 2010 @ 4:10AMIf big-city Nevadans think the arrest of the local district attorney would set tongues wagging and phone lines buzzing in Nye County, then they underestimate what it takes to register as big news in these small towns. At least that’s the way it appeared to a visitor recently, who raised the arrest two weeks ago of District Attorney Bob Beckett on embezzlement and other charges. Bob who? Then ...
  • Hawker Beechcraft Enhances Global Customer Support Team Wednesday, May 12, 2010 @ 5:48PMWICHITA, Kan. (May 12, 2010) – Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today announced the following changes to its Global Customer Support team to enhance its customer support network in the expanding global marketplace.
  • Tim Wakefield to Start vs. Blue Jays on Wednesday Monday, May 10, 2010 @ 3:37PMTim Wakefield's absense from the starting rotation was a short one. Because Josh Beckett's next start -- originally scheduled for Wednesday -- is being pushed back to Friday in Detroit, the knuckleballer will take the hill in Beckett's place in the finale against the Blue Jays. Beckett, who struggled in Friday's series opener against New York, will get in an extra side session as a result.
  • William Horden: The Sacred Art of Living and Dying Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 3:19PMa strong positive balance of attending to life and death makes the most sense. The problem is that we are decidedly out of balance today. Paradoxically, letting go of life allows us to appreciate it more deeply!
  • Clay Buchholz Looks to Cool Down Toronto's Bats in Game 2 Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 7:06AMWe will see if the Red Sox and Blue Jays have any runs left in them when they meet in the middle game of a three-game set Tuesday at Rogers Centre. The teams combined for 34 hits in Boston's 13-12 win in Monday's opener. Josh Beckett gave up eight runs in three-plus innings but the Sox' offense picked him up. Five players had three hits, Jason Varitek had four RBIs and former Blue Jay Marco ...
  • Wall Street Journal Launches "India Real Time" Blog Tuesday, April 13, 2010 @ 9:05AMMUMBAI, India -- The Wall Street Journal today launched an "India Real Time" blog -- a destination for readers in India and around the world who want a smart perspective on the country's latest developments.
  • Red Sox Live Blog: Sox Look to Stop Three-Game Skid Saturday, April 10, 2010 @ 8:48AM9:36 a.m.: Losers of three straight, the Red Sox will test themselves against Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke in the second of three straight games at Kauffman Stadium. Greinke, who went 16-8 with a 2.16 ERA last year, will be opposed by Josh Beckett in a primetime matchup of aces, both of whom have enjoyed success when the two teams get together. While Greinke has given up just six earned ...
  • AmazonEncore Announces Summer 2010 Publishing List Wednesday, April 7, 2010 @ 8:00AMSEATTLE----Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that AmazonEncore, Amazon’s publishing imprint, will be introducing six new books this summer: “Elizabeth Street” by Laurie Fabiano; “Herb ’n’ Lorna” by Eric Kraft; “Double Bound” by Nick Nolan; “The Berry Bible” by Janie Hibler; “A King of Infinite Space” by Tyler Dilts; and “The Last Block in Harlem” by Christopher Herz.
  • Red Sox Live Blog: John Lackey Set for Fenway Debut Against Yankees Wednesday, April 7, 2010 @ 6:39AM7:30 a.m.: John Lackey makes his Red Sox debut when he toes the slab opposite Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees. It is the finale of a three-game set and NESN is your source for all the action. Lackey was signed to a five-year, $82.5 million deal this offseason to essentially fill in behind Josh Beckett and Jon Lester in a power trio. He will be called upon Wednesday to do what those two ...
  • Baseball Preview Capsules: Phillies focused on another trip to World Series Friday, April 2, 2010 @ 1:27AMPHILADELPHIA — Losing the World Series only made the Philadelphia Phillies more determined to go back and win it again. From the start of spring training, it was clear these Phillies aren’t a complacent bunch. Winning the championship for the second time in three years is everyone’s goal.
  • District holding vote to potentially close school, cut staff Friday, April 2, 2010 @ 12:39AMMARICOPA — The Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board is holding two meetings today and Thursday to discuss and possibly approve the closing of a school next year. That would be part of a contingency plan to be implemented should the statewide one-cent sales tax increase not be approved by voters on May 18.
  • Professor Arnold Beckett: Sports doping expert who later changed sides and supported those accused of drug use Sunday, March 28, 2010 @ 6:11PMProfessor Arnold Beckett was a maverick who never shied away from a challenge or a perceived injustice. A member of the International Olympic Committee across four decades, he was a pioneer in the field of drug testing in sport and was involved in many high-profile cases, including those of Ben Johnson and the British skier Alain Baxter. Following his controversial exit from the IOC he became a ...
  • Upcoming Wizard101 Expansions Include Seventh World and New Pet Capabilities Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 9:39AMPLANO, Texas----KingsIsle Entertainment, creators of the award-winning massively multiplayer online game Wizard101, is proud to announce details on two of the major content updates for 2010.
  • Babe Waxpak: McGwire 1987 card no longer a hot item Saturday, March 20, 2010 @ 11:43PMDear Babe: A friend gave me some cards years ago. In looking through them I found a 1987 Topps Mark McGwire card (No. 366). Beth Tappan, Redding
  • Interview with Jonathan Moerschel of The Calder Quartet Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 7:06PMHomepage of ConcertoNet.com, the Classical Music Network
  • Interview with J. Moerschel of the Calder Quartet Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 7:02PMViolist Jonathan Moerschel and the Calder Quartet recently played the music of Peter Eötvös in the Green Umbrella series at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, as well as with the indie rock band The Airborne Toxic Event at the LA Philharmonic’s West Coast Left Coast Festival.
  • 'An American in Paris:' Norman Rubington’s Mid-Century Paintings on Exhibit, at Melvin Gallery in Lakeland, Florida Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:24PMWorks of Celebrated Mid-Century American Artist, Norman Rubington, featured at the Melvin Art Gallery on the campus of Florida Southern College.
  • Odd-job man Simon Beckett whose books thrill Europe Saturday, February 6, 2010 @ 3:51PMSTEP aside, J K Rowling and Ian McEwan. Last year’s bestselling British fiction writer in continental Europe was a former odd-job man from Sheffield who is little known in his own country.
  • Background Note: Ireland Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 5:56PMArea: 70,282 sq. km. (27,136 sq. mi.); slightly larger than West Virginia. Terrain: Arable 10%, meadows and pastures 77%, rough grazing in use 11%, inland water 2%.
  • Blether with Brian Thursday, January 7, 2010 @ 11:05AMIcy chill runs through Holyrood chamber
  • A genocide denied Thursday, December 10, 2009 @ 12:04AMThere are few genocides more clearly established than that suffered by the Armenians in 1915-16, when half the race was extinguished in massacres and deportations directed by the Young Turk government. Today you can be prosecuted in France and other European countries for denying the slaughter.